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LAURIE J BLAKILY
ATTORNEY AND COIN'SELLON
AT LAW.
' United States Commissioner.
Ridgwey, cr Iat.xirt.tr 1'. 0. Elk Co,
T. T. A 1$ K A M S ,
' Attorney at Law
LOCK llVX. PA.
SOUTHER & WILLIS
Attorney's at Law, Ridgwuy Elk onn.
ty Pa., will attend to all profession,
business promptly.
J. C. C II A HN
Attorney and Counselcr at Law. Oflice
infchapiu'a Rlock, Ridgwuy Elk Co. Pn.
Partieular attention given to colUcth n,
nd all monies promptly remitted. Will
also practice in adjoining counties.
JO IT N (5 II A I. L
ATTORNEY AT LAW
l'lugway Elk Comity Pa
rennn
j-, r -
-TT XTT T A Mffl T T TTy T TT
t. Wain's I lk V onnly i'ft. I Pennsylvania to the city of Erie, on
- Lake Erie.
DR. W. W. SHAW I it h sis bi'en leased by the lennryha
PrcwrtictS y (Ticil IK A 1iJ 1 . vi I ml lln,,d company, and is opera-
- - C'enlrwiMo i.lk "). l a. " ed by them.
-. . 1 1 entire lenathwa opened for pns-
DR. J. S- 0 Tl D W E L L f and freight business, October
Eclectic Piitsi'cuk, i 1lhi l!r'4-
t.k. fir . v. iT,M,': OF PASSENGER TRAINS
(Lately of Man-en county 1 a.) i iToinrnv
TVill promptly answer ill rmfija-ional l 1UI'U;AV
alls bv niL'ht or dsy. Residence one, : p . ., , .
door Last of the uto resiuerce of Hon -
J. L. Gillis.
DR. C. R. Kabiey, Kcreev Elk
Cn..Vm WS'i f ..'n n
Co., Pa. ill nttond to all
night or day. July 21 , 1 S'5 1 .
DR. A S. HILL
Kersey, Elk County Pennsylvania.
Will promptly answer all professional
.Calls, by nipbt or day.
HOTEL CARDS.
FUEL). KoTuTij
Eagle Hotel
iLuthersburg, Clearfield Couuty Pa.
WFredrick Ko-b Pr.irir'ctor hav.
n built a lareand coiutn.iflious huiisc.
is now prepared to cater to the wants of
the traveling public.
Luthersburtr, J uly Oth 1SCL ly.
l u rii En's a unn' a in j
Luthersbura CleaifiM County Puuna. j
WILLIAM SCIIWKM. Proprietor, j
Lutbersburg, July 27th IS'j!. tf.
NATlT7NA. II Tj- ! !
Corner of PaioU S roetand
the Bufi'alo Koai. i
'Ji It J K ' A .
EN0S B. HOYT, Prop iel.K
l&'This House is new nn-l Ct'ed up
with especial care for the eonveni' ivmi
mud comfort of flies' at nnlovitnia.it.
S&'OUOD tTABLlMO A TACI1KI)"j(9 j
EXCIIANOE HOTEL, '
DAVID THAYER, Prop'r.
F.This hoims )i ien.Miily Ririiaied on
th bank of th Ctm-'tn. in the lowcv eml
f the town. ia well nroviilcl wi.h hnu
room and stabling, ami the rrnp:etnr will
pre no puins to remler ttie siajr of Lis
fuesti pleasant sn l arorahle.
KMiciy Juiy 2. lfi ).
II Y 1 hJ i I
BoYINGTON
Si. M noun,
Proprietors
Kidgway Klk Co mtv I'ew.i i.
2 : i
CLEARFIELD HOUSE,
Corner of Market anp Watkr St'..
i I !? It
GEO. N COLRURN. Pkopujetor!
ST-. MARYSH0TEL !
5t. Mary's Elk Chl-nxv Pknna.
M. WELLENDOHr. Prop'r. ,
E. W.BIGONY, Proprietor.
'Omoibus ruoniDg to and from the Depot
free of charge.
BU3 I N B S 8 C A It I S
It HI J 61
Dealers in Drutr imd Chen ;c,
PAINTS, OILS ANu VABS'SH.
WUtjiery &Toilet Anijlcs Suiion.iry.
UlJijKtf, Ek ovnly J'tt.tm.
' ""woods & vvj tTmTr"
'liOCK IIVVKV. ClIVTOS t!0L'.NTY P..
lE.LERSin FIj'ir. ticiiu und
) Feed uar the Pasenjor Depot
KiJ'jjway Mavkfctfi.
Corrected wceekly:
Apples, (dry) $ bushel ... 4 00
Buckwheat " ... 15
Beans, " . . . 4 OH
Butter " lb 45
Beef " " ... 0Q,J
Hoards M. 2J 0i'
orn " bushel . 1 5'
Flour ' bid. 10 H
Hidci " lb I'
Hay " ti,n 15 "
OaW l. ... 8
Wheat ... 2
Ry " " ... I 7
. Khingle " M. ... 4 5
.. T.z?n u dnxn . K
llaihi " ft 25
JPrk iio
P. W. BARRETT Editor INDEPENDENT TERMS SI 50 per Annum if paid in Advanco
VOL. 5
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)IULA DELPHI A & ERIE BAIL-
i ROAD. Thin great line traverses
; IW-II'. I HIS great
1 ... ,- . . , e, '
Ijiiivi- Wetlwan?.
'ri ,l" "" " i n.
Erie Express Turn 10 10 n. m
Pat-setiger cars run through without
i chiiiiire both ways between Philadelphia
and Erie.
NEW YORK CONNECTION.
Leave New Yoik at 7. 01) p. m., Arrive
at Erie 3.40 n. m.
Leave Ei in at. 2.05 p. m., arrive at New
York 12. noun.
Ei.Kr.ENT Sleewvo Cars on Express
j Trains liolli ways betwren Willisnisport
I mi Raltimnre, and iiliatnsport and
l'hilalcljiliij.
ror lutorinution resnectinji Passenger
business apply at the S. E. corner 3lth
and Market Sis.
An I fir Friilit bnsinpss of the Pom.
' nnnv's .'cnts:'
i S ! Kington, Jr. Cor. 13th and
.A!. ket St Pl.il.ideli.hia.
J. vV. ISeynoliU Erie.
W Itrown. A ije nt N O. R. R. Hal
titnoiB. II IT. Houston.
c, . f,;,,',i a' n;r.
II. W GwtwHt. '
Ticket A,f. rh.l'u.
.!.F(IEI L T m n
fi'iiHT'it Sunt Wnt't.
dr. w. b riAHTX:j,
ST. ma nrs ELK CO . PA.
Lite cf the nnv nf the l'ntnniiie.1
teiSMVii '"ci lir ufeniijn given to all
ca.os ofMirieal nalire
it,
Dealer in
Cloililnfc, Ill!. & Mcn'f FnrniKliing Goods
WATKH ST11F.F.T.
T.orK llivrs. Clinton fn..I'a.
a i u l r u r i iMaT7""
C'cnlrei il'.o, I IU coiiiity 1'a.,
fc"Srjoner;il Manufacturer of Wasrona.
Iiiijrius ite.-ALSO Furniture, such u
Huni.im. Tallies. Stunas liedstads and
Chairs. All kind -of Rcpairia done at
reustiiiuhlo rate.
1(0 't:i:5 vi house, Main st
r.mnv.llj Pa,,'.!. N. Kretz. Prop'r
Tlni ho. ho lias boeu rcfiited and furnish
ed in a neat style, and is eveiy way
al.ijito l to the wtnts ut the public.
" cbujr rV DtR ecto ry
lion. '. (Whim. N'ellsborough.
I A"i--iilfr Jutfjes,
H.in. V. S. JJnukway, Jay tp.
Hon. Iv '..I Sthultxe, St. Mary's,
j Slifrijf.
;P. Mays. Ilil-wny
E,-,ll.,Hnt.irti, li'Q. ii't Her,
j George Ed. Weis Riilgway
Dihti-irt At'urnry,
L. J. Ulikely Kid-way
Cl.iU !.u!ir. St Mary'j
Cfty Sni )'li'.
Georne Walm-ley. St. Marys
Ch-irln W'eis. St. Mary's
den. Dickinson, Ridwuy,
J.weph W. Taylor, Fox.
A ifli'tiir,
R. T. Kyler. Fox
.laoeb MoCiiuley. Fox.
II. D. Derr ' Henczctt
NoriTK ll ptrs ms iii lehipil to late
Finn ot'C. I.ulir ,t fn. n(i Fred Solinriiing
H 'o ar reqiifstcj i heir accounts hy lie
4!r. of July next, plilier liy note "r oilier.
when ii ncfuin will then b eft
for lmmriiaieciilWiin. Ve-snns iniioliled
t Fi-e-l SeJioenins V t'o . wOl fiinl their ac.
oonnUat Csmreville until the above eiulcd
,,mc" riiASIUHR
St. Mary, May ISdJi 185. j
- j
NotlCft r.i'rt"' nttenilintf Court
,: wiinesei. in roninionwenliu oases.
mist hereafter At'w iheir fees uf thj
Pnleisi.-ue l. bef re Ii -ivmi'.' Cm-t. f,r
hovwill not ho taxed in the till of
...ra,
I3y order of the CmitM- Con-rV.
LAURIE J. RLAKKLV, '
District Attorney.
Ridowat Elk Countt Penwa.
From the Phila. Sunday Mercury.
A RIDE IN THE CARS.
BY A. F. HILL.
Slow ! slow ! slow !
We're beginning to go ?
The enjiino is working,
1'nffinjf and jerking
Faster we're K'dino;,
Onward we're tiding,
Off and away,
So a Gnal 'frond-day'
To that friend or relation
Who came to the station
To see me away.
With puff and blow,
Away we go,
Winding round hills,
Leaping o'er rill
And larger streams ;
WhiU the whistle screams,
As much as to say,
'Out of tho way !'
Forest and farms,
Houses nnd birns,
Feuces, and hosts
Of telepraph posts,
And bushes and trees,
On i tio left and the riht,
Dark bay us in flight,
As swift as the breeze,
Au J are soon out of sight.
The hours pass by
As weouwrd fly :
The flight of the day
Fades gcntl) away.
As the golden sun
His days work dune
Sinks in the wrst ;
And Mill he don't rest.
'1 he stars peep out,
And the moon, no doubt,
Will soon cheer the uight
W ith her silvery light.
Why, we're stopping let's see
O, ye.i ? it's for tea.
.Now a rush lor tho door,
(W hich never befora
Seemed so small);
Twenty miuu'cs is all
'I In tiiiiC no havu
To eat tupi er aud leave.
Time's up! all aboard !'
Is shouted mid ruarcd ;
Then, wi:h flutter and flurry,
To our places we hurry ;
Supper i.-. o'er,
And we're off once more.
Again on the way,
As we've been all day,
Au hour is one,
And Mill we move on.
Now to take a sleep
I feel inclination,
For a drowsy sensation
Does over me creep.
But let me see
It first must be
My aim and ambition
To arrange my feet,
On, or under, the seat,
In some easy position.
Rut that is o ft,
Whiiih without deceit,
Requires great skill
And forever will
Fairly bid defiance
To art or to science
Half asleep, hall awake,
Our way we take
Through the shades of uiht ;
Now passing the light
Ofsotuu little rill
With a whistle shrill
We rattle b) ;
Then onward still
To the shadowy hill
U e swiftly fly ;
Ruujd its bane we sweep,
'I lieu onward leap
Thio' the wild mountain scene
'J he liorjie or ravine
Ha'l awake, half asleep.
And thus, at last
'J ho iiijiht half past
We arrive at a station
Some where in cica'ion,
Aud. looking out,
We find bejoml doubt
To our consolation
"lis our destination.
fST'A patty of children recently dis
covered a boiuli shell ill the woods nem
Ripdeuhurg. Kentucky. While plav
Djt wj,, )e .hell, it ex pinked, killiii.'
uJ "ouadiu-uine of theehildreo.
.
A cat caught a sparrow, and wt
uh,M,f l" (lek"u" it. but the sparrow said:
"Nu K'"leinan eats until hr washe hi
''" The cat, struck at thi remark
'e sparrow down, and began to wash
!' face with hia paw, but the sparrow
""sv. This vexed puB extremely
",d he M - "As long a I live I wil.
eat first aud wash my face aftcrwatds,"
which n do t0 ,ti5 d!,y .
atdrday November, 25th 13G5
From the New York Mercury.
THE LONG-LOST SON.
BY W. O. EATO.V.
A shiftless, not to say shirtless. idl
vagabond of a fellow, having wanderer
into u fmall country-town and beige.
Sis meal, was sitting upon a plank side
walk, with bis heels in the cutter, am
while suiusinc himself at his dexterity
at playing "stick" with a jack kuile, Ii.
thus soliloquized t
"How to make a living easy ! That'i
the cheese. That's what all the world ,
is aiming after, and I don't pretend to
bi any better than the majority. Rut
I can't think of no plan, nohow. The
ideas don't seem to give down well,
when I set to work a thinking. I re
col'ieet how I once read of somebody or
other who was the long-!o t son of sonic,
body r other, and slipped into a large 1
portion slicker than nothin'. I wish I
was or I wish I could pietend I wai,
and make somebody believe me. But
where is the right person ? Plenty of
people with children they wish were
lost; but nobody that I know of wants
to find one. I might advertise 'I am
the long-lost son,' and so forth, 'and
anybody who has lost can find, by ad
dressing so and so.' Rut I expect I
sho'd staud a better chance if I was n
little baby. And then i shouldn't
want to be found and ownd by every,
body. I want a rich paront, with a
portion already for me. I'd give a
commission to anybody who would find
one fortne, i-i put me on the track of
one. Who will, I wonder? Take a
nap, Sam Tongs, it might linbtr up
your ideas.
After Ins nap. Sam fons wandered
, . . ,. , , , , , 1 . . ' - wv i", ijatii , till u (.XIII III UIO W'HIU,
about, and was so limbered up and lucky married a belle i.f fortune. For appear. ; business, no trade.noelothes, r.onoth
as to hear of a lone woman, reported j ance s ike, I uow confiled you to the , in. If vou want to support me, you
wealthy, who was said to bo in want of h ! care i.f a Mrs. Roan." i,.ay du to "
gardener. Slid was called glo . my and j "Rouu ! I remember that name." "How can I ?" said Mis. Ninkin, with
B..rfilio .nil kiinniA.il ti I.a a miil.ti. . . wM. ... .11 ! . . .l I .... ' '
Uv.w...v, -..v. m ... nmu. ,
and as she was often seen to sigh and
weep, the impressiou was that she was
inconsolable Lr iho loss of bu-huod or,
children, and perhaps both, and may be .
something. worse. Her name w.is jn i
deri-food to L Mis, ltosmi Nipkin.
"."stranger things have happened in
thts curious world, und she may be just
the sort of woman for my tnooey."
thought the hopeful Tongs, as "he
straightway called at the house, under
the plea that he wanted to do her gar
dening. He found her to hu a buxom
healthy. looking, and not extremely ugly
faced woman, of forty yaars standing
quite old enough fo be the mother ol a,
long lost son. Her sociability at the
interview so encouraged Samuel, that ho
expressed a tender solicitude to kno
the real cause of her reported habitual
Madness.
"Your busband, wasn't it?" asked he,
plnmj.ly.
"Ah.no!" aaid she. with a heavy,
sided sigh. "Rut for my infant son,
who was born when I wa seventeen."
"Young piece, wasn't you ? What
did ho die of r I suppose it was meas.
u, teething en r
"No."
"Then, whnt ?"
"I am not sure ho is dead."
"What? You don't mean to say ho
was lost?"
"No he was sent away, soon after he
was born."
Psho! What ye do that Jor ? Is
that the child's father, up there in that
ere pictur ?"
"Alas ! it is. Oh, dear !"
"Aud is the old man deal ?"
"He is he is!" s-ild Mrs. Nipkin. in
a tremulous voice. "Ah, ma ! would I
had never aeen him."
"What do you wish thst for ?
Say."
"O, young tnnn, don't press aie so."
"I must. Say whv."
"Alas! I I fell""
"Must have hurt you how fur did
you fall ?"
"1 oil jest at my misfortune."
"I don't jeest, a inito." i
" rhen. why do you seem so anxious
to know ?"
"Why, because, if you will have it
nut. beforehand, I am nothin' but a
touiidlin' ohild.and 'jy fccliu's tell mo
I am yout ii.ng-lost son."
"Angel ! B.erey !"
"Yes, Ma'am. For yeats I have
wandered in earch of you, my mother
Am t you about forty year old J" 1
"About "
"Well, as nigh as I know, I am twen.
y-threo. und put that to seientecn aud
it jest makes it."
"Can it be so 7"
"Yes, on yes; ey. Dry your tears.
Icar mi, (.nd H mo all about me ?"
"Oh, son. I anrmt."
"I stink to it. I say yes. Let on.
It's your dooty. Tell uta bfr my father.
if yourself, and all about it. It it comet.
iut aa I e i pe.it. Ileavtn has fetched
wo to ye bv noeident, a purpose, to pro
ect ya. U it h thia her a ulikl hu '.
Forgive the net' ral motion of u Ions-
ost aoor, who now claps eve on his!
mother f,or the fust time, as far' be caul. "How was it, then? Perhaps you
reweuber.i ' pptood a large finhiooalje uiiliiutry.
NO 49
"Then, denr boy, I will tell 3 nn all."
"So do, and I'll do ss much for you;
here ought to be no secrets atween a
uothcr and herowntrue son."
"I was a gny and sinless vouns milli.
er in the city, and exactly sixteen years
Id; very stvlish
"And much sought artor- I can see
ow it is go on?"
'On thn ilay when your elegant and
iptivatiug father"
' I hut s the man in the wctur .
The sanin ninn made my ncqiint.
:e at n ball. His name was Adolphus
nice :
Darby."
"Gcratious! Am I at Darby? I
tho't 1 was b Tongs."
He was much etruck and so was I.
It was one of two cases of love at first
si;rht ; and we so understood it when wo
went noi.e that tngiit. at n very early
hour in the niorninir. He swore he
must marry me, and I told him I hid
no objection, only his father was too
rich."
"What did thr.t. matter ? You wa'n't
toiiiir to marry his father?"
"Rut I, heiii'j poor, was of courso,
very proud. 'Hut never mind my mon
ey . Rosini,' says he; 'only consent to bo
mine be Mr, Darby.
"Well, that was square in father, so
tar.
"Confident that his father wouldn't
wjii.-.iii', v ffris oi;i;ii;ii, llliliriutl, IIO'I
lived together iii a private way ami in
the couise of human nature you were
born "
"And mush objctoj to though I've
had a pooty bard tug of f.f'o since we
keen e 1 uh other."
'It was not my fault, my son. Your
father proved to be a gay ami ruthless
deceiver. Our marriage proved to be a
mock 111 itriage, nod deserting inc. ho
one was a iuii. tut womau, wuu
'short thin hair."
"iamo woman."
"Lived in Philander lane."
"Jei't so."
" And continuinsr on at tha millino'-y
buMiicss, that I might earn an honest
living, und r.MV your board, but few
... . , ,
p.. r . j
were aware i naa ever nu i a son. Woe
day, to my horror, I discovered that
Mrs. Rean had (lid Iron) Phil uulvir lauo
aii'l Iron; that tiniu fori!) I tiovor knew
what bec.ime of her or yon."
"The blame jade lutt ma on a door,
step, and I was picked up by a tinker
been wardering ever since."
' Your father, on his deathbed, con
fessed his guilt, aud willed me a large
property."
"Rlessings on him '"
'And I, waary of him, having lost
both sou and lovei'-niurried again.'
'Eh?'
'Real marriage this time hoping to
drown memory in tho domestic cares
of life '
'Happy thought, ma !'
'But my second husband died '
'Good.'
'Cursing him for not letting me know
about Adolphus, before he married idc '
'The old rullioo.'
'So I became n threefold wretehed
woman, on account of your father, you,
aud the curse.'
'Rut I wa-n't dead and yon had the
property ?'
'Yes ; but I was in astute of deadly
nneei'tuiuty about you. 1 didn't know
you woru uliva '
"In oure uo'; but hero I am;I was."
"My ieelingi of despair nnd mycrazi
ness I will uot attempt to describe."
"Do, a little. Try and describe some."
"I hud a constant whirlingim my ear,
my foet didn't seoui to touch the ground,
my hair fall out as if the buruiag trouble
of my briiin had sieged tho roots my
eyes stood out with a horrid stare, evtry
man's laee looked Kke Adolpku's, every
baby looked like yoi at every strain of
music 1 bctn n a nice, ?s I did wi'a
him on that f.ital n i u U t of the bail "
' Oh, mother, don't !" ,
"And whenever I nw a pea. green coat,
I fainted away, with mors or less velo
oitv, It wus bin favorite color, luy
sou "
'So it is iirne, Mai Oilers nas.
IVp green." '
"In time I grew more steady. My
children w re. mv only c iml'ort, then.'
"What? Children?"
"Yes i not by my first, but my second
husbai.d."
"How many children, for love's sake?"
"Two a boy ami a girl."
"Uv u third man ? Married ?"
"Why. certainly."
Are thf.y ulivo now ?"
"No they lett this wicked world
when they were bloaouis. '
"That all right. And I suppose
after that you concluded it was best ti
not try your luck iu that way any moru
hut retire to thia beta place, und wee
out your days in peace, thinkiu' of m
and liithev.'
"No, my on : that wan't exactly the
way."
fftil'MiMM iih trrr nrtct, fr
''ljd ittoin tktitg p Uvlios. m-4
tiiirl to tl 'i t jiu tin- 'xtfn ;p-'r, ?'
No. 1 c'it'n't. 1 named fxain."
'GrratJebu! You must hsve a litf
heart."
' I was only fwenfy four when I was
joined fo my third hti.-band."
, -iounf enough any children J"
"Only one."
"Any of 'em still alive f"
"No both died about a year after tin
marriage."
Sickly coupla. I expect. But you.
didn't go. and bounce in agio, did, yon
mother 1" J
"If you think I can stand it."
"I was married seven times in all, aud
tho mock.marriaifQ made eight."
"Holy Babylon!"
"Adolphus at seventeen." continued
the widow, counting oamly on her fin
ger, ''my first at twenty, my second at
iwenty-iwo, Willi iwius, my third a:
twenty, four, one child, my fourth at
twenty.six. fifth, tweutv eiirht. sixth.
thirty-two a child a pieoc, and all dead
aud toy seventh at thirty. four and
that was Mr. Nipkin."
"And the last. Well, mother, tou
must have a constitution. But what an
j 'mluoky Janvly our is I yetlsuppofeall's
for tho best. When did oldiNipkin peg
did oldiNipkin peg
! out?"
"Rless you, he isn't dead. Oh no .
Ho finally" heard about my previous mar,
riaae.3, and got into a terrible rage, and
1 said ho would be revenged."
"Ho did ! I'd like to know what hu.
I sine.su it was of his."
"He said he had been deceived, and
two years ago he ran off with most of tha
property, and one child three years old,
leaving me in debt, and now expecting
every day to he callod on to move."
' The devil !" exclaimed Sam Tongs,
with a look of intense disappointment:
"then you have had, in all, eiuht bus.
bands, and one olive and one child now,
and no money ?"
"JuM as I told von b:
mv comfort
! is. thnt I l ave fnnn.l vnn int. fii.. Li
born,
who will protect me the remain Jar of
tnv
daya. Shade of Adolphus, the first!"
3ho exclaimed, addressing tho portrait,
"I bless you for tlm troaure iu our long,
lit son."
"His son! Youraon! No, I'll be
hanged if I be. I'll never own to such
a father Und mother."
"You will at leat lend your mother
tew Hundred d.illars, sonny, II "
1 ill you mairy again ?
N t a ted.
Fuvf iu t li..,t... ..... ...... ... .i.n ... ... I
ia oianlt look
"On ahead, aud mirry agin."
"I can't ? my husband ia alive."
"What "itfiiieuoo does that make" He
will never eonie back after the eighth
! ninth.
pait ol you. Dip tn, and marry your
I ted you May eet a erool
chance not vety homely."
"But ha has come back again."
"Has he?"
"Oil yes ; came back yesterday, and
we've made all up.'
Then, mother, if that's the ease, out
of respect to yon, I suppose I will have
to call him lutLer. Did be liing toy
money J"
Plenty of it
"Then I will chII hitn father and
how does sissy do 1"
This afl'ontioiiate inquiry received a
sullen and most unuicueetcd answer;
for a door was thtown fijrcaly open, and
in strode a stout and frowning elderly
man.
"Call mo father ? you rusty, tricky.
iguarunt, lazy scoundrel- Be off, or I'll
niake a raop rag of you. Hurry through
the door, for I'm not only alive,
but-'
"Kicking he would have said, but
ere hit faot was noised, Som Tongs hud
fled.
Sam Tongs concluded to leave the
town at onoe, without stopping anywhero
by the way to even beg a lunch.
"That 'ere woman is a mystery to ma,"
ho mused, "and I expect it would be
most ray'hnul not to get too nigh to her
ugaiu. For if that old chap ain't her
husband, the might want to many her
long.lost men. or kill him after a short
trial whieh would amount to the same
thing.'
Tho Goose and the Horse. A
Fable.
A Goose, who was pbuking grasanpoa
a common, thought herself affronted by
u Hor&a who fed uear her, mid in hiss,
'ng aceetitg thug addressed him : '
"1 am certainly a more noble and per
fect uniuiul thuu you, for tho v,hoU
raniio and exteut of your faculties is
noiiGuel to one element I can walk
upon the ground, as well as you : I
luvo, besides, win;s, wuh which I
can raifeu self in the air; and, when
I p!ea:n, I can Fport in ponds and Lkes,
and rutVcah myself it the cool waters : I
erfoy the different powers ot a bird, a
fi h, nnd a qu.idruped "
The Horse, snorting somewhat dis
dainfully, replied :
' It ia true that you inhabit thtee ele-
j ui"nts. but you make no very distinguish
ed Dirure in any one of them. You flv,
indeed ; but your flight is so ho ivy and
clumsy- that you have no riuht to put
o r self on a lev-1 wi'tt the larkorswa'.
low. You can swim no tho surface of
he waters, but you cannot, live iu them
.is fishes do you oanuot Cud tough of
your fiod in that eleinon', nor gliln
-lilisiihly along the bo'toui oi the naves,
Ind whuu you walk, nr rather w ti IU,
upon the grounj. with y u - I real fret,
inn your liig neck stretched ou', hiss,
iog at r"very i.n one wh pufsea ly. you
briiig upon yourself the derision of all
bthuldcra. I confer I am formed ot-ty